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This article discusses how to put your geologic map data into MineSight
using the Digitizer Tool together with the Geomap Tool. Once the data has been transferred into
MineSight
3-D, other tools and functions are used to create a 3-D geologic map.
Bear in mind that there are many ways of putting your geologic data into MineSight
3-D
from 2-D Field Maps
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The example shown in this article uses a
customized geomap fle that differentiates contact
types (defnite vs inferred) and symbols based on rock
type (Figure 5).
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Figure 5 shows three of the dialogs in the Geomap Tool: Grid, Lines,
and Symbols. In this example, the standard geomap fle (geomap.gm)
has been customized from the standard version. There are symbols and
contacts for different rock types as well as defnite vs. inferred contacts.
Once the proper geomap fle has been assigned to the
project and the Digitizer Tool has been setup, create
an object into which to put new data, and open the
Geomap Tool (Tools | Geomap Tool). Then pick the
particular lines or symbols from the Geomap Tool
and digitize the symbols and contacts from your map
onto the selected digitize plane.
Caution: when you use the Digitizer Tool to input
data using the Geomap Tool, the digitize plane in
the Digitizer Tool will take precedence over the
Geomap grid plane. That is, if the elevation in the
Digitizer Tool does not match the grid plane defned
in the Geomap Tool, then your symbols, lines, and
rulers will be placed on the digitize plane, not on the
Geomap grid (Figure 6). Be sure to match the Geomap
grid plane with the digitized plane.
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The example shown in this article uses a
customized geomap fle that differentiates contact
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Figure 5 shows three of the dialogs in the Geomap Tool: Grid, Lines,
and Symbols. In this example, the standard geomap fle (geomap.gm)
has been customized from the standard version. There are symbols and
contacts for different rock types as well as defnite vs. inferred contacts.
Once the proper geomap fle has been assigned to the
project and the Digitizer Tool has been setup, create
an object into which to put new data, and open the
Geomap Tool (Tools | Geomap Tool). Then pick the
particular lines or symbols from the Geomap Tool
and digitize the symbols and contacts from your map
onto the selected digitize plane.
Caution: when you use the Digitizer Tool to input
data using the Geomap Tool, the digitize plane in
the Digitizer Tool will take precedence over the
Geomap grid plane. That is, if the elevation in the
Digitizer Tool does not match the grid plane defned
in the Geomap Tool, then your symbols, lines, and
rulers will be placed on the digitize plane, not on the
Geomap grid (Figure 6). Be sure to match the Geomap
grid plane with the digitized plane.
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Clip Polygon Contacts against Surfaces
Once you have polygons that represent the rock
types, you can use them as boundaries to clip against
the pit wall in order to create geologic surfaces by
rock type. This example will clip the surfaces and
using all of the polygons in one operation.
Create a new geometry object into which the results
from clipping will be saved. Then select the same pit
surface used in the earlier steps. Next, choose Surface
| Clip Surfaces and Solids and pick the rock type
polygons created in the last step as the boundaries
[toggle ON Boundary is an open surface(s)]. In
order to save the results to the geometry object you
have just created, go to the Options dialog and toggle
ON Save results to edit geometry object (Leave
original data unchanged). In addition, toggle ON
the option to Explode results (Maximize number of
elements) to save the individual pieces. A preview
of the result is shown in Figure 11. Then click on
Apply to save. Figure 12 shows the results with the
individual clipped pieces attributed differently.
Finally, Figure 13 shows the original 2-D, hand-drawn
feld map and its 3-D equivanent MineSight
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Figure 11 is a preview of the results from clipping the current pit using
the rock type polygons as boundaries. Note the individual resulting
pieces of pit wall that correspond to the polygon outlines.
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